What happens, physically and mentally, when you quit smoking? -
Withdrawal symptoms can include any of the following:
* dizziness (which may only last 1-2 days after quitting)
* depression
* feelings of frustration, impatience, and anger
* anxiety
* irritability
* sleep disturbances, including having trouble falling asleep and staying asleep, and having bad dreams or even nightmares
* trouble concentrating
* restlessness
* headaches
* tiredness
* increased appetite
These symptoms can lead the smoker to start smoking cigarettes again to boost blood levels of nicotine back to a level where there are no symptoms.
Smoking also makes your body get rid of certain drugs faster than usual. When you quit smoking, it changes the way your body handles these medicines. Ask your doctor if any medicines you take regularly need to be checked or changed after you quit.
you feel like dying but you look better
You become healthier
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Well...everybody is different. I think the tougher part is mentally. Your so used to always having something to do with your hands! I would say you may feel a little different for maybe two weeks but, it will get better after periods of time. It-s just something you have to stick with. It can be challenging but, well worth it! I quit once for 8 months but, made the mistake of starting again. I have no clue why but, it sure is true you smoke more when you start back up again! A pack may last me a day and a half now where it used to last me two to three days, four if I was lucky. Quite a difference lol...If your thinking of quiting..Good Luck! :)
Simple, you`ll have a healthy body and long life.
you go thru a period in which you have to wean your body from the addiction to nicotine -- very real, very physical. once you-ve accepted that you will have moments in which you are cranky and want nothing more than a smoke, you can learn the tools for not giving it.
you will learn that it-s OK to be anxious or tired or whatever normal responses we have. that you don-t need to drug yourself to get thru life. your lung power will improve immensely. you won-t stink. your significant other can kiss you without gagging. you can walk into a group of people without their backing away from the stench. you won-t be a slave to the nicotine. you will be able to sit through a meeting without thinking about when you get away for your next fix.
you will think and act more clearly and be a more productive, humane and responsible adult.
For me, I saw Jesus.
you dont smoke anymore.
you want to do it very adly again .its veryy hard to quit smoking becuase of niqotine
you start to breathe better and more active.. and you begin to think clearer and make better choices
mentally you go quite insane physically you grab a pack of smokes and sniff them and tell yourself you dont need a smoke
Headache, anxiety, just being a straight *****. They say after the 3rd day all the physical withdrawals are gone and anything else you are feeling is mental. It is a very powerful legal addiction.
For the first 3-6 weeks, cigarette dominates your conscious mind. You have this overwhelming feeling that says I have to have a cigarette, If I could just have one, I would be okay and then I could continue with my program to quit. Of course that one cigarette puts you back on the road to smoking.
Your sense of smell returns as well as the sense of taste which becomes sharpened. You will want to eat more because of this and will generally gain significant weight. Eating seems to take the place of cigarettes.
You feel better physically and mentally, but you will still have the nagging desire to smoke. You will have trouble sleeping soundly at first, but that will fade away gradually. You will then begin to sleep more soundly and wale in the mornings feeling more rested and just feeling better in a general sense.
If you continue with program you will feel better about yourself just because you were able to beat the cigarette. Something you can be proud of the rest of your life.
If you are active in sport, you wil find that your performance will improve because your body is no longer anchored by the effects of cigarette smoke.
That congestive sound from your chest when you laughed when you were on cigarettes will disappear.. The source of the irritation was removed when you stopped smoking. To this day, I can identify a smoker just by listening to his or her laugh.
Your rest heart rate will decrease dramatically. Your body will begin to purge itself of the effects of nicotine and other toxins that cigarettes contain.
After 4-6 months the longing and craving for a cigarette should diminish dramatically. It won-t really go away totally for a year or two depending on the individual.
You have to be careful when you go out clubbing with friends that you don-t give in to have a cigarette with a drink. That would be the beginning of the end, and believe it when I say it-s a huge temptation. Be aware of it and just say NO. It-s not easy.
After about 1-2 years of no cigarettes, you can consider yourself an ex smoker. You will begin to wonder at that point how you could have ever thought that smoking was pleasant and how you could have ever willingly put that poison into your body.
But as I said earlier, you will be proud that you quit and you will be proud to tell all your friends - I quit smoking in 2008, and I am happy that I did.- .............Good luck and stick with the program.
Physically you dont smell anymore, you feel better about your self, you dont worry or always have the thought of whether or not you smell like smoke. Mentally all depends on the type of person you are really.
u go thro periods of withdrawl, u mite becom depressed or sick, but as long as u dont relapse, ur body will get used to the lack of nicotine in ur system.
u will get soooo much healthier.
You want to die for awhile; then it gets better.
You start shaking and get grouchy